申请人:Karsenty Gerard
公开号:US08759364B2
公开(公告)日:2014-06-24
The present invention provides methods and therapeutic agents for lowering or increasing serum serotonin levels in a patient in order to increase or decrease bone mass, respectively. In preferred embodiments, the patient is known to have, or to be at risk for, a low bone mass disease such as osteoporosis and the agents are TPH1 inhibitors or serotonin receptor antagonists.
本发明提供了降低或增加患者血清5-羟色胺水平的方法和治疗剂,以分别增加或降低骨量。在优选实施例中,患者已知患有或有患低骨量疾病(如骨质疏松症)的风险,并且所述治疗剂是TPH1抑制剂或5-羟色胺受体拮抗剂。